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26 Mar 1942

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W.A. Bechtel Corporation was granted a Maritime Commission contract to build a shipyard on San Francisco Bay that would become Marinship. Ground was broken the next day. ww2dbase [Marinship Shipbuilding | Sausalito, California | DS]

27 Jun 1942

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The keel was laid for Liberty ship William A. Richardson at the Marinship yard. This was the first keel laid at Marinship and it was laid a mere 3 months after the W.A. Bechtel Corporation was awarded the shipyard contract from the Maritime Commission. ww2dbase [Liberty-class | Marinship Shipbuilding | Sausalito, California | DS]

7 Dec 1942

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The keel was laid for fleet oiler Escambia at the Marinship yard. This was the first keel laid at Marinship for a tanker, the ship type Marinship was primarily intended to build. ww2dbase [Marinship Shipbuilding | Sausalito, California | DS]

16 Jun 1943

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The keel was laid for Liberty ship Jack London at the Marinship yard. This was the last Liberty ship made at Marinship as production had entirely shifted to building tankers, the ship type Marinship was created to build. ww2dbase [Liberty-class | Marinship Shipbuilding | Sausalito, California | DS]

18 Sep 1944

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Tanker Mission San Francisco was laid down at the Marinship yard. Before launching, the ship would be renamed Tamalpais. ww2dbase [Tamalpais | Marinship Shipbuilding | Sausalito, California | DS]

29 Oct 1944

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Tanker Tamalpais was launched at Marinship yard. ww2dbase [Tamalpais | Marinship Shipbuilding | Sausalito, California | DS]

25 Apr 1945

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HRH Prince Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia and his party came aboard the tanker Tamalpais and sat for lunch during a tour of the Marinship yard. ww2dbase [Tamalpais | Marinship Shipbuilding | Sausalito, California | DS]

20 May 1945

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Fleet oiler USS Tamalpais was placed in commission, Lt Cmdr A.J. Church commanding. ww2dbase [Tamalpais | Marinship Shipbuilding | Sausalito, California | DS]

10 Aug 1945

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The last ship completed at by Marinship Shipbuilding, fleet oiler USS Mission Los Angeles, was delivered to the Navy. Seven other tankers had their contracts cancelled and were never laid down. Marinship closed a short time later. ww2dbase [Marinship Shipbuilding | Sausalito, California | DS]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis

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